1980 Primera Copa Mexico 150

Race 11 of 12

Mexico City
60 laps
Time of race: 1:16:43
Average speed of winner: 116.376 mph
Margin of victory: 7 sec.
Lead changes: 7 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: B. Unser 1-9, Mears 10-21, B. Unser 22, A. Unser 23-35, B. Unser 36-43, Mears 44-45, B. Unser 46, Mears 47-60

Race notes: Debut for Michel Jourdain, Sr. Only start for Juan Carlos Bolaños and Daniel Muñiz.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	2	Rick Mears	1	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	123.116	60	3	28	flagged	300
2	1	Bobby Unser	11	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	124.278	60	4	19	flagged	240
3	5	Al Unser	5	Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hillin	120.671	60	1	13	flagged	210
4	10	Tom Sneva	9	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	O Connell	117.021	59	0	0	flagged	180
5	12	Dennis Firestone	18	Scientific Drilling	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Rhoades	115.480	57	0	0	flagged	150
6	19	Jim McElreath	16	McElreath Racing	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	McElreath	107.929	55	0	0	flagged	120
7	17	Sheldon Kinser	24	Genesee Beer	Watson	Cosworth	Goodyear	Leader Card	110.570	55	0	0	flagged	90
8	15	Bill Tempero	65	Zamboni Electric	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear		112.021	51	0	0	flagged	75
9	25	Larry Cannon	95	Kraco Car Stereo	Wildcat	DGS	Goodyear	Kraco	98.540	50	0	0	flagged	60
10	4	Johnny Rutherford	4	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hall	120.265	49	0	0	accident	45
11	23	Roger Rager	66	Agencio Heriberto Acosta	Wildcat	Chevrolet	Goodyear		103.369	37	0	0	oil leak	30
12	11	Jerry Karl	38	Tonco Trailer	Karl	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Willie Compton	116.954	36	0	0	piston	15
13	22	John Mahler	92	Ovaciones	Penske	Offenhauser	Goodyear		105.359	23	0	0	engine	8
14	13	Herm Johnson	28	Cliff Industries-Menard	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Menard	115.095	12	0	0	oil leak	8
15	16	Daniel Muñiz	88	Pronosticos Deportivos	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Pronosticos Deportivos	111.275	12	0	0	engine	8
16	4	Bill Alsup	41	Alsup Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Alsup	121.077	10	0	0	transmission	8
17	21	Juan Carlos Bolaños	91	Ovaciones	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear		105.471	9	0	0	engine	6
18	9	Tom Bagley	40	Kent Oil	Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	118.294	9	0	0	engine	6
19	6	Gordon Johncock	20	North American Van Lines	Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	120.541	7	0	0	engine	6
20	20	Michel Jourdain	85	Shade Tree Racing	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Shade Tree	107.270	5	0	0	oil line	6
21	24	Phil Caliva	47	Intersec Security	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Alsup	101.836	3	0	0	valve	5
22	8	Pancho Carter	10	Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Morales	119.427	2	0	0	valve	5
23	14	Dick Simon	8	Vermont-American	Vollstedt	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Simon	112.474	1	0	0	piston	4
24	3	Danny Ongais	25	Armstrong-Interscope	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	Interscope	122.111	0	0	0	accident	5
25	18	Spike Gehlhausen	81	O'Hanlon	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	O Hanlon	109.238	0	0	0	broken hub	3

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Johnny Rutherford	4715	11	3	5	8
2	Bobby Unser	3714	11	4	4	8
3	Rick Mears	2776	11	0	1	5
4	Tom Sneva	2630	11	0	0	3
5	Pancho Carter	1849	11	0	0	1
6	Gordon Johncock	1567	10	1	0	3
7	Bill Alsup	1209	10	0	0	1
8	Al Unser	1145	11	2	0	1
9	Gary Bettenhausen	847	8	0	0	1
10	Vern Schuppan	806	4	0	0	0
11	Tom Bagley	786	10	0	0	0
12	Tom Gloy	680	3	0	0	0
13	Danny Ongais	601	9	0	0	1
14	Dennis Firestone	590	5	0	0	0
15	Sheldon Kinser	517	10	0	0	0
16	Spike Gehlhausen	473	6	0	0	0
17	Rick Muther	356	6	0	0	0
18	Mario Andretti	340	3	1	1	1
19	Roger Rager	336	7	0	0	0
20	Dick Ferguson	315	4	0	0	0
21	Howdy Holmes	314	5	0	0	0
22	Bill Tempero	301	9	0	0	0
23	Larry Cannon	293	6	0	0	0
24	Roger Mears	272	4	0	0	0
25	Tom Bigelow	260	2	0	0	0